Myth busters

Americans voted for change in health care and now the airwaves, print and grapevine are full of stories of what could happen. Some of it is misleading; some is downright false; and most of it is wild exaggerations.  Here is a handy guide to set some of the record straight.

It’s time to stop playing politics and solve the health care crisis. Health care reform will stop the insurance companies from denying coverage for an illness you had 5 years ago or some other pre-existing condition, or denying you care because of your age. It will be a uniquely American solution that gives you the peace of mind of knowing you will always have quality affordable health care.

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What's really in Reform Law?

The battle to fix some of the major long overdue, out-of-whack problems with our health care system resulted in success when Congress passed and President Obama signed the new health care law that will finally benefit the people of this country.

This is a step forward. Hard working Americans have wanted and worked for reform our health care for almost 100 years.

Real Differences. Meanwhile, opponents of reform have poured millions of dollars into North Dakota to try to convince people that reform is somehow bad. What they are really doing is desparately trying to protect themselves from the long overdue changes to our health care system, that leaves millions uninsured and millions more underinsured. You see, they are doing much better than the rest of us under the current way of doing things, and they'd like to keep it that way.

The every day life reasons for these reforms are clear. Complicated, bureaucratic, unnecessary roadblocks have hurt hard working folks in North Dakota and around the country for a long time.

There are a lot of positive changes in the new law. For some reason, the media just hasn't told us about them.

More Information. Click here for information about what's really in health care reform legislation from both the Democrats and the Republicans.

Get the facts!

To help you cut through the wild accusations, here are  a few websites to check out:

AARP's Myth-busting website
aarp.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/Myths_vs_Facts

Families USA
www.familiesusa.org

Health Care for America Now
www.healthcareforamericanow.org

St. Petersburg Times
www.politifact.com